Arch support



April 29 1924.

F. H. JENSEN I ARCH SUPPORT Filed Feb. 18 1920 Apr. 2%, 322%.

entree stares T HARRIS JENSEN, OF CHELSEA, MASSACHUSETTS.

ARCH SUPPORT.

Application filed February 18, 1920. aerial No. 359,487.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that LFRANK H. JENSEN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Chelsea, in the county of Suil'olk, State of 5Massachusetts, have invented a new and use ful Arch Support; and l dohereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact descriptionof the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to whichit appertains to make and use the same.

The invention relates to arch supports and has for its object toprovide. an elastic cull adapted to encircle the foot and provided onits under side with a pocket, in which pocket various sizes of pads maybe disposed so that the transverse arch may be gradually built up andelevated, the pad being adapted to be disposed below the metatarsalheads so that said heads will be ac gradually forced up and held intheir or1g1 nal positions. The cull being particularly adapted for usein cases of a character known as metatarsaliga, which cases involve painin the metatarsal heads and are evidenced by the down dropping of theanterior transverse arch of the foot. The elastic cu'ii serving thefunction of assisting the pad in maintaining the anterior transversearch in normal or raised position.

With the above and other objects in view the invention resides in thecombination and arrangement of parts as hereinafter set forth, shown inthe drawings described and claimed, it being understood that changes inthe precise embodiment of the invention ma be made within the scope ofwhat is claimed without departing from the sp1r1r.

of the invention.

In the drawings Figure 1 is a side elevation of a foot showing the cuffapplied thereto.

Figure 2 is a sectional view taken on line 22 of Figure 1.

gigure 3 is a perspective view of the cu Referring more especially tothe drawings, the numeral 1 designates a foot and 2 the transverse archthereof, which arch when broken down causes in what are known as themetatarsal heads what is known as metatarsaliga, which is pain in themetatarsal heads. To overcome the above trouble and to relieve the painit is necessary to graduall verse arch 2 until t e metatarsal heads arebuild up the transrestored to their normal position. To accomplish thebuilding up of the transverse arch an elastic band 3 is provided, whichband is adapted to encircle the foot as shown in Figure 1. Band 3 isformed -from a single piece of elastic material, the ends of which arebrought together as shown at a in- Figure 3 and then the ends aresecured together by means of strips of adhesive material 5, or if sodesired the strips 5 may 5 be sewed to the ends 6 of the band. Securedto the under face of the cuff by means of stitching 7 is a piece offabric 8, which fabric is substantially V-shaped so that the stitching 7will cause a V-shaped or tapered pocket 9, in which pocket a pad 10 isadapted to be received. The pad 10 is preferably formed from the softmaterial such as felt, and during the first stages of the treatment thepad 10 is comparatively thin, however as the arch is gradually built up,pads of greater thickness are used until the arch is built up to itsnormal position as shown in Figure 2 at which time the cuff may -'becontinued to be used until the transverse Q arch will remain in normalposition. During the building up of the arch it will be seen that theelast1c material from which the cult is formed will exert a pressure onthe foot at its sides thereby causing the 35 bones 11 to be forcedupwardly as shown in Figure 2 so that the transverse arch 2 will beformed. During the building up the transverse arch, the elastic band byexerting a pressure on both sides of the foot will materially assist thepad 10 in holding up the bones which form the transverse arch.

From the above it will be seen that a transverse arch support isprovided which is formed from elastic material in the form of a cuff,thereby allowing the same to be quickly applied to the foot and also onewherein various sizes of arched building up and supporting pads may bequickly placed. 190 The elastic material adjacent the V-shaped pocketallowing the placin within the pocket of various sizes of pads, whichpads will be held by the contracting force of said material. It willalso be seen that a transverse arch supporter is provided wherein theelastic material from which it is formed will assist the pads in raisingthe transverse arch and also will assist in maintaining the bonesforming the transno verse arch in raised or elevated positions afterthey have been built up to normal po- .sitions by the use of pads.

The invention having been set forth What is claimed as new and useful isA transverse arch support comprising an elastic band adapted to encirclethe foot and positioned in registration with the transverse arch of saidfoot, said band exerting a contracting force on the foot, a pocket onthe under side of said band, said pocket being formed from contractablematerial, thereby providing a pocket Which Will receive therein and holdagainst dis placement. therein various sizes of pads.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing Witnesses.

FRANK HARRIS JENSEN. Witnesses:

ANIEL H. SULLIVAN, MILDRED L. CHRISTENSEN.

